The Starving Artist

The Starving Artist Exhibit


             The Starving Artist Cookbook was very interesting to me as it was a cookbook represented through images and film stills mainly which conveyed the message better than a simple list of ingredients. Also the fact that it was not only an art piece but a working cook book. The cook book also worked as a visual for first time cooks which I thought was wonderful considering starving artists go for the simplicity of cooking over the minutiae of a complex recipe. 
              The way the cookbook was presented within the space was not as an actual book but as pages on the wall from the book as to better understand how it should be viewed as am artwork. The recipes were simple to follow but also it contained enough food to feed a single person to where they would not need an abundant amount of food. In the end I believe the presentation and message of the artwork was very successful. 

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